With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Rosalia Township works elsewhere
Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S. Rosalia Township has 96 jobs for 176 working residents. Only 2% work in Rosalia Township; the top destination outside it is El Dorado (22%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rosalia Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 172 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Rosalia Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Rosalia Township: the destinations
Where Rosalia Township clocks in
19% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Rosalia Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosalia Township, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 96. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rosalia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosalia Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 235 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Rosalia Township commutes
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Rosalia Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rosalia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosalia Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $111,146 |
| Prospect Township | under 3% | C | C− | 31 min | $59,167 |
| Spring Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Glencoe Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Creek Township and Glencoe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rosalia Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rosalia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rosalia Township?
$111,146 (±$15,457) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosalia Township?
5.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosalia Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosalia Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Dorado (22%, 14 mi), Wichita (19%, 40 mi), Leon (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rosalia Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosalia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosalia Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.